 This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall...  The Dramatic Works of W. Shakespeare - Page 357by William Shakespeare - 1849 - 925 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 584 pages
...Insinuation, parley, and base truce, To arms invasive ? This England never did, nor never shall, | Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first...shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but trne. The patriotism of Shakspere is less displayed in set speeches than in the whole life of historical... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 pages
...to be Bound each to each by natural piety. Wordsworth. This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true. Shakspere's King Jffhn. Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1870 - 346 pages
...with tears. Faul. O, let us pay the time but needful woe. This England never did (nor never shall) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first...rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeunt. ROMEO AND JULIET. PERSONS REPRESENTED. PARIS, a young Nobleman. MONTAGUE, \ Heads of two Houses at... | |
 | William Cox Bennett - 1870 - 202 pages
...ones would sleep. ENGLAND. KING JOHN. ACT V. SCENE VII. " This England never did, nor never shall Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror. But when it first...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true." THE VILLAGE PREACHER. (Oliver Goldsmith.) Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still... | |
 | Henry Thomas Hall - 1871 - 294 pages
...says of his native land, admits of general application : "This England never did, nor never shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true." EICHAED II. THE precise date of the appearance of this tragedy cannot be determined. Whether it was... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 pages
...woe, Since it hath been beforehand with our griefs. — This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first...rue, If England to itself do rest but true. [Exeunt. abhorred', hst'ed. advised', inten'tional. artif'icer, work'man. iivannt', begone', bus'inesses, affairs',... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 622 pages
...feeling, take the concluding passage of the same play : — This England never did nor never shall Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first...shock them. Nought shall make us rue, If England to herself do rest but true. As a matter of course, the unities of time and place are disregarded in these... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - English literature - 1873 - 590 pages
...feeling, take the concluding passage of the same play : — This England never did nor never shall Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first...shock them. Nought shall make us rue, If England to herself do rest but true. As a matter of course, the unities of time and place are disregarded in these... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English drama - 1874 - 346 pages
...birth," &c. Add the famous passage in King John : — " This England never did nor ever shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true." And it certainly seems that Shakespeare's historic dramas produced a very deep effect on the minds... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - English drama - 1874 - 338 pages
...their birth," &c. Add the famous passage in King John:— " This England never did nor ever shall, Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first...make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true." And it certainly seems that Shakespeare's historic dramas produced a very deep effect on the minds... | |
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